The film, about a free black man kidnapped into slavery, shared top honors with the con-artist caper “American Hustle,” which also collected seven nominations.

On the TV side, “Breaking Bad,” “Behind the Candelabra” and “The Good Wife” all scored multiple mentions.

“Slave,” which had been overshadowed in some of the early critics’ voting, scored nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for best film drama, Chiwetel Ejiofor for best actor in a drama and Steve McQueen for best director. In addition, Lupita Nyong’o (supporting actress) and Michael Fassbender (supporting actor) garnered nods.

“Slave” is also up for best screenplay and best original score as well as best drama against “Captain Phillips,” Gravity,” “Philomena” and “Rush.”

Earlier this week, “Slave” led the way in SAG nominations with four.

“American Hustle” ruled the Globes’ other category side: comedy or musical. The fictionalized story of the FBI’s Abscam investigation in the late 1970s earned nominations for best movie comedy, Christian Bale for best actor in a comedy, Amy Adams for best actress and David O. Russell for best director. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence also scored nominations in the supporting categories for the film.

“Hustle” will face off against “Her,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Nebraska” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” for the title of best musical/comedy.

In the best actress category for musical/comedy, Adams is in the field with Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”), Julie Delpy (“Before Midnight”), Greta Gerwig (“Frances Ha”) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Enough Said”). In the best actor competition, Bale will go up against Leonardo DiCaprio (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Her”), Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) and Bruce Dern (“Nebraska”).

Among the notable movie snubs were “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” the story of civil rights history seen through the eyes of a White House butler; and “Fruitvale Station,” the film shot in the Bay Area about the shooting of Oscar Grant at a BART station.

In the TV categories, the highly acclaimed final season of “Breaking Bad” predictably scored a nomination for best drama series, along with “Downton Abbey,” “The Good Wife,” “House of Cards” and “Masters of Sex.”

Vying for the title of best comedy or musical are “The Big Bang Theory,” “Brooklyn Nine Nine,” “Girls,” “Modern Family” and “Parks and Recreation.”

The 71st Golden Globes will air live on NBC on Jan. 12 at a ceremony in Beverly Hills hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

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